Good advise Natdiamond. I have always just done it and didn't think about telling others how. Alt 167 or alt 03258 with get the degree sign.

Also other characters can be found in the Character Map... Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Character Map. Just click on the Character, click on select and when done click on copy then paste to the area needed. You can also see the keystroke command to get the character.

Thanks glued2it. It was not exactly as you described, but I held the Fn key and touched the num lock key and then held Alt, typed 176 using the "number pad" and released Alt and look what magically appeared.